Improved weather-strip



tati g Y. l l@ e' @sind @fr I fr e o Maes www A. J HARMON,.OF.CH'ABLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, WILLIAM H. HOWLAND, AND JOHN E. HASSELTINE.

. Leners Patmflvo. 88,473, dated man 30,1869.

imaojvnn WEATHER-STRIP.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same. I

To all whom it ma/y conce/rn:

Be it known that I, A. J HARMON, of Charlestown, in the county of ,Middlesex and State of Massacl1usetts, have invented certain Improvementsin Weather'- Strips; and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents my weather-strip in perspective, front view. Y

Figure 2 is a back view of my invention, showing spring-hinge. A

The object of my inventionlis to produce a weatherstrip, which is simple in construction, durable, not liable to get out of order, and one that can be manufactured at a low rate.

The nature of my invention consists in hanging the weather-strip, or apron to the main piece, by means of a spring-hinge, and the apron being allowed to turn lin a groove in the stationary part.

In the drawings, A is an apron, or strip, hung, by spring-hinge D D, to hoard B. This board B is attached to the lower end of a door, so that apron A stands out, as shown in lig. l, from the-door, when it is opened, but when shut, it is brought down by any of the means used in similar cases, too well known to need description.

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The peculiarities of this invention, and its novel features, are the spring-hinge D D and groove c. v

The spring-hinge is constructed by wire,b,. having coil a, extending to e, and being `jointed with arms it.

The wire formingthe coils au and 'parts b b, is in one attached to board B. V

. The action of this spring-hinge is double. It acts as a hinge on which turns the apron A, and as a spring to keep itin th'e position required.

The part d of apron A turns in groove c of board B easily, and without opening a space to the weather,

If any obstruction gets into groove c, the spring VD allows the parts A and B tobe pulled apart, to admitv of the removal of the obstruction. A

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Ilet- The part of the spring-hinge having coils is 

